Health Tourism in Bariatric Surgery

NCT06694831 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: hakan health tourism
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to examine whether patients who come to our country for bariatric surgery via health tourism have any concerns during this process, and if they do, to determine the level of their concerns through psychometric tests, to determine the reasons for their concerns (is it related to travel, going to another country, hospital, surgery, etc.) and whether their concerns decrease after the surgery.

Conditions

Anxiety

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• anxiety scale

  to examine whether they have concerns

  1 month

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 60 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients over the age of 18 who came to our country for bariatric surgery through health tourism

You may qualify if:

• Patients who came to our country through health tourism
• Patients with indications for bariatric surgery
• Patients over the age of 18

You may not qualify if:

• Patients under 18 years of age
• Patients with psychiatric, neurological diseases or mental retardation that prevent them from completing psychometric tests
• Patients with bariatric surgery indications other than health tourism
• Patients who do not agree to participate in the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• İlke Dolgun: lead

Study Sites (1)

Istinye Üniversity

Istanbul, Merkez Mahallesi, 34250, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Zuberi S, Egiz A, Iqbal H, Jambulingam P, Whitelaw D, Adil T, Jain V, Al-Taan O, Munasinghe A, Askari A, Aly MK, Iqbal FM. Characterizing barriers and facilitators of metabolic bariatric surgery tourism: a systematic review. Br J Surg. 2024 Mar 2;111(3):znae060. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znae060.

  PMID: 38547416 RESULT

• Demir Y, Özpınar S. Evaluation of the Effect of Body Image Perception on Patient Satisfaction and Quality of Life in Medical Tourists Undergoing Bariatric Metabolic Surgery. Int Journal Of Health Manag. And Tourism 2024, 9(1), 62-75.

  RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Anxiety Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mental Disorders

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assoc. prof

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 21, 2024
• First Posted: November 19, 2024
• Study Start: October 20, 2024
• Primary Completion: January 25, 2025
• Study Completion: February 25, 2025
• Last Updated: November 19, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-11

Locations

TU (1)